Friday, September 14, 2012

New Country/Folk Discovery: Aaron Embry - Tiny Prayers

Aaron Embry is working in a timeless style - acoustic country music with guitar, piano and harmonica, and twangy, emotion-filled vocals. Some of these songs would not be out of place in, say, an old Jimmy Stewart western - they're that earnest, spare and plainspoken.

Here's "Moon Of The Daylit Sky":



It's really charming stuff, and highly recommended if you enjoy the likes of Mumford & Son and The Avett Brothers. Here he is performing "Your Heart And Mine":



He's toured with Elliott Smith, Willie Nelson and Daniel Lanois and will soon be supporting Milo Greene:

NOV. 1 ANN ARBOR, MI BLIND PIG

NOV. 2 CHICAGO, IL LINCOLN HALL
NOV. 3 MADISON, WI HIGH NOON SALOON
NOV. 4 MINNEAPOLIS, MN VARSITY THEATER
NOV. 7 ST. LOUIS, MO FIREBIRD
NOV. 8 LAWRENCE, KS THE BOTTLENECK
NOV. 9 DENVER, CO BLUEBIRD THEATER
NOV. 10 SALT LAKE CITY, UT KILBY COURT
NOV. 13 VANCOUVER, BC  THE MEDIA CLUB
NOV. 14 SEATTLE, WA THE CROCODILE
NOV. 16 SAN FRANCISCO, CA THE INDEPENDENT
NOV. 17 LOS ANGELES, CA EL REY THEATER

Tiny Prayers will be out next week (Sept 18) via Community Music.

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